Utah boasts the greatest snow on earth, and its bounty is not confined to downhill ski resorts. The Wasatch and Uintas provide classic ski opportunities for every kind of snow enthusiast. and Park City, vying for the title of best nordic town in the West, has multiple systems of groomed nordic track.

Much of the southern Utah canyon country also provides touring opportunities that include Utah’s many national parks.

Note that dogs are strictly prohibited in many of the areas around Salt Lake City to preserve watershed quality.

Please assess your abilities and what sort of activity or adventure you can safely pursue. No warranty is made regarding the accuracy of this information and all your activity is at your own risk. Check avalanche advisories, weather reports, trail conditions, etc. Know what to take.

In a mountain valley southeast of Salt Lake City, Soldier Hollow, which hosted the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic cross country events, is often ranked one of the best x-c resorts in the country. It operates on Wasatch Mountain State Park.

Community Areas

The Utah Nordic Alliance (TUNA) grooms a number of areas near Salt Lake City, including about 10 km of track at Mountain Dell just off I-80 as it climbs east out of Salt Lake City.

The Mirror Lake Highway in the Uintas east of Salt Lake (highway 150, 15 miles from Kamas) is closed to automobiles and groomed for skiers and snowmobiles. Before you get to the trailhead at Soapstone campground, The Beaver Creek trail is groomed for skiers only between the Yellow Pine and North Fork trailheads. More info, including map.

The gate on Mirror Lake highway is just before the cliffs; the road continues to follow the Provo river.

State Areas

Other Areas

Many of Utah’s southern State Parks, National Parks and National Forests provide opportunities for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing when conditions are right. In the south, snowfalls can provide fleeting opportunity in the desert, and reliable and long seasons in the La Sals and other ranges that rise to the sky.

Bryce Canyon is a wilderness treasure that offers ski touring along the spectacular canyon rim, and snowshoeing down into the hoodoos.

Cedar Breaks National Monument (outside Cedar City) offers skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling on the unplowed scenic drive which winds above the hoodoos and colored formations. Motorized traffic must stay on the road. There is a warming yurt s miles up the trail.